No interlibrary loan. Reference provided. Photocopying for a small fee (10 cents per page after first 20 pages) and will fax or mail if not too long. Carpenter Library has a cassette recorder for researchers to listen to interview. No materials may be removed from the Library or Archives.

The collection consists of transcripts, audio cassettes and some photographs. Oral histories have been conducted as budget allows since 1974 when the Archives was founded. The interviewees/participants in the program have been faculty, staff, relatives of employees and community members with a connection to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.

There are approximately 154 oral histories that take up 18.75 linear feet of space. Currently doing four oral histories. Resources, i.e. most recent oral histories, added about once every three months.